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Mishkat al-MasabihGame and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

Mishkat al-Masabih 4074

Chapter: Section 1

Authentic graded by Al-Albani Mishkat al-Masabih 4074

Narrator:Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

وَعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَنْهَى أَنْ تُصْبَرَ بهيمةٌ أَو غيرُها للْقَتْل

Ibn ‘Umar told that he heard God’s messenger prohibit keeping an animal or anything else* waiting to be killed. *The word translated animal is bahima, which indicates a quadruped. “Anything else” means other creatures which are killed for food. The prohibition is said to refer either to keeping such animals without food and drink, or to imprisoning them and using them as targets. (Bukhari and Muslim.)

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 5514). Cited in Mishkat al-Masabih (No. 4074).

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Al-Albanid. 1420 AH Authenticمُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ The hadith تحقيق مشكاة المصابيح

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  • مستخرج أبي عوانة (6135)يَنْهَى أَنْ تُصْبَرَ بَهِيمَةٌ , أَوْ غَيْرُهَا لِلْقَتْلِ ، فَإِذَا أَرَدْتُمْ ذَبْحَهَا , فَاذْبَحُوهَا

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